Canon Slade School, Bolton will this year be donating their collections from the Carol Service to Derian House Children?s Hospice in Chorley.

It is a very good cause and, like most charities at the moment, Derian House is finding it increasingly hard in the current economic climate to raise all the money it needs to support the superb work they do for terminally ill children and their families.

All of us at New Directions Education would like to wish everyone concerned the very best for the festive period.